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The John Gray Blount Papers 483
Small Tracts of Land I selected out of the bounds of that sold
for the Taxes last Year, there is a prospect of a Salt Lick—I'll
give you the grounds I have to suppose it probably may be the
case—while I was down the Country last Spring there was a
remarkable dry warm spell of Weather in this part of the coun-try,
it was then observed that the cattle made an uncommon use
of this Lick — a young man went to it about 2.0Clock one day, he
discovered a White scum on the top of the clay in places where
the cattle had not [3] been immediately useing of it, he gethered
some and found it tasted quite as Strong as Salt itself—This
being reported, caused several others to Visit the Lick, who all
say they see and tasted the Salt — I have made further inquiery
of an old man who lives near the Lick, he informs me that he had
taken Notice of it two or three years past, and appears to have no
doubts as to its being Salt— I have not seen any thing Myself
that is encourageing tho it has been remarkably seasonable since
I returned — my Surveyor who done business fer me, says Cap*.
W. Brittain claim'd the land and forbid him surveying the Lick
at his peril —Brittain I know has no claim to it and must have
done it with an improper View to my interest, however it is
secured — and am anctious to sink a Well this fall and see what
will be the event, I suppose it will cost from 50 to 100 Dollers
. to
try the experement— shall I venture or not, — I confess that I
have been so seldom fortunate in my little enterprises that I am
all most superstitiously doubtful of success in any thing I engage
in—[Jonathan] Price has wrote to me but says little more than
that he has returned from Philada
. . but promises to be more com-municative
in his Next.
Please present my compliments to Mrs
. . Blount and family to
Gen1
. [Reading] Blount & Ladey, to W. Orr and R.B.
—
I am with sentiments of Esteem Yr
. Most Ob* Hle Serv*
John Strother.
Addressed : John Gray Blount Esquire
Washington
North Carolina
Mail

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The John Gray Blount Papers 483
Small Tracts of Land I selected out of the bounds of that sold
for the Taxes last Year, there is a prospect of a Salt Lick—I'll
give you the grounds I have to suppose it probably may be the
case—while I was down the Country last Spring there was a
remarkable dry warm spell of Weather in this part of the coun-try,
it was then observed that the cattle made an uncommon use
of this Lick — a young man went to it about 2.0Clock one day, he
discovered a White scum on the top of the clay in places where
the cattle had not [3] been immediately useing of it, he gethered
some and found it tasted quite as Strong as Salt itself—This
being reported, caused several others to Visit the Lick, who all
say they see and tasted the Salt — I have made further inquiery
of an old man who lives near the Lick, he informs me that he had
taken Notice of it two or three years past, and appears to have no
doubts as to its being Salt— I have not seen any thing Myself
that is encourageing tho it has been remarkably seasonable since
I returned — my Surveyor who done business fer me, says Cap*.
W. Brittain claim'd the land and forbid him surveying the Lick
at his peril —Brittain I know has no claim to it and must have
done it with an improper View to my interest, however it is
secured — and am anctious to sink a Well this fall and see what
will be the event, I suppose it will cost from 50 to 100 Dollers
. to
try the experement— shall I venture or not, — I confess that I
have been so seldom fortunate in my little enterprises that I am
all most superstitiously doubtful of success in any thing I engage
in—[Jonathan] Price has wrote to me but says little more than
that he has returned from Philada
. . but promises to be more com-municative
in his Next.
Please present my compliments to Mrs
. . Blount and family to
Gen1
. [Reading] Blount & Ladey, to W. Orr and R.B.
—
I am with sentiments of Esteem Yr
. Most Ob* Hle Serv*
John Strother.
Addressed : John Gray Blount Esquire
Washington
North Carolina
Mail